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<p>Dear NRHC Family,</p>

<p>With the beginning of a new year comes a lot of excitement and anticipation for the coming year, 
but it&rsquo;s not long into the year that we start getting busy. Before we know it, January is gone, and 
we feel way behind again. I want to share something I read last week that really helped me think 
through what I want to see God do in and through my life in 2015.</p>

<p>It&rsquo;s so easy to bump along from one busy week to another without ever stopping to consider our way - where are 
we going and where should we be going. Don Whitney, author of <a 
href="https://www.google.com/#q=Spiritual+Disciplines+for+the+Christian+Life+Don+Whitney" target="google"><u>Spiritual 
Disciplines for the Christian Life</u></a> (highly recommend) and professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 
gave these questions to ask as we consider what God might have us to pursue in 2015:</p>

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<li><em>What&rsquo;s one thing you could do this year to increase your enjoyment of God?</em></li>
<li><em>What&rsquo;s the most humanly impossible thing you will ask God to do this year?</em></li>
<li><em>What&rsquo;s the single most important thing you could do to improve the quality of your family life this year?</em></li>
<li><em>In which spiritual discipline do you most want to make progress this year, and what will you do about it?</em></li>
<li><em>What is the single biggest time-waster in your life, and what will you do about it this year?</em></li>
<li><em>What is the most helpful new way you could strengthen your church?</em></li>
<li><em>For whose salvation will you pray most fervently this year?</em></li>
<li><em>What&rsquo;s the most important way you will, by God&rsquo;s grace, try to make this year different from last year?</em></li>
<li><em>What one thing could you do to improve your prayer life this year?</em></li>
<li><em>What single thing that you plan to do this year will matter most in ten years? In eternity?</em></li>
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<p>The value of the questions is how focused they are on action. Hopefully you can take some time 
over the next week to deeply consider these questions and your answers. Write them down in a 
journal and make them part of your goals for 2015. Review them regularly throughout the year to 
make &ldquo;course corrections&rdquo; as needed. May God use 2015 to make us more like Jesus and use us 
to impact others for His glory!</p>

<p>I&rsquo;m thankful for you, church. It&rsquo;s a joy to be on mission with you! See you Sunday!</p>

<p>Until All Hear,<br> Jay</p>

